CVE-2001-0096 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Microsoft IIS 4.0 and 5.0 through their FrontPage Server Extensions (FPSE). This flaw allows remote attackers to disrupt service by submitting a specially crafted, malformed web form. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, resulting in a partial denial of service. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, placing it in the top 4% of all CVEs for community attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_server:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_information_services:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.